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Identity verification – check you’ve completed all the required steps
Identity verification – check you’ve completed all the required steps
Nearly 5 million individuals have verified their identities, helping protect businesses and the public from fraud.
As we move through the 12-month transition period, we’re sharing information to help you avoid common issues that are delaying the process for some individuals.
Check your identity verification status
You can check the identity verification status of your directors and people with significant control (PSCs) on the Companies House register:
1. Search for your company on the register. 2. Select the People tab. 3. Look for the identity verification status next to each director and PSC. |
If you’ve completed identity verification, you’ll see a green tick.
If you still need to take action, you’ll see your due from and due by dates.
Remember to check the status of your PSCs as well as your directors.
If you see a green tick for your director and PSC appointments, you do not need to do anything else.
If you’re also a person with significant control (PSC), there’s an extra step
One of the most common issues we’re seeing is directors assuming that providing their personal code as a director also covers their role as a PSC.
Approximately 20% of companies have a PSC who is overdue with their identity verification requirements. Our data shows that many of these individuals have already provided their personal code for their role as a director.
If you hold both roles, you’ll need to provide the same personal code twice:
· once for your role as a director – on your company’s confirmation statement · separately for your role as a PSC – using the Provide identity verification details for a person with significant control service |
If an agent or accountant has filed your company’s confirmation statement, ask them if they have provided the personal codes for your PSCs.
Visit GOV.UK for more information on personal codes: gov.uk/guidance/companies-house-personal-codes-for-identity-verification
You can also watch a video about personal codes for Companies House.
